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rally known as his rich, sweet voice, so 

 varied in compass, deserves. 



His talents as a Mocker are also very 

 great, and the description of the Mocking- 

 bird's song will very little exceed a por- 

 traiture of his efforts, while the richness 

 of his native notes is fully equal to that 

 of the Brown Thrush. But, in addition 

 to all these, there is a quaintness in his 

 execution, which abounds in emphasis and 

 melody, and is singularly striking in effect. 

 He frequently sings at night, when every 

 other bird save himself and the Mocking- 

 bird, is in repose; or in the dim hour of 

 twilight, when his musical talents perhaps 

 possess their fullest power, and his song 

 then "rises and falls with all the swell 

 and studied cadence of finished harmony." 



For confinement, he may readily be 

 caught in a trap-cage, observing, should 

 you so obtain him, the same treatment as 

 prescribed for the Mocking-bird; covering 

 his cage, or raising him from the nest in 

 the same way. 



